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This edition explores Digital Vigilance: AI Enhancing Post-Market Safety Monitoring, highlighting how artificial intelligence, real-world data, and digital listening technologies are transforming pharmacovigilance into a proactive, predictive, and patient-centric discipline.
Through expert perspectives, cover stories, and regulatory insights, we examine the opportunities and challenges of AI-driven safety surveillance—from social media signal detection and real-world…
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PharmaShots’ May Edition explores how AI is transforming commercial strategies across the healthcare ecosystem by enabling predictive analytics, personalized engagement, dynamic launch planning, and real-time omnichannel optimization while balancing compliance and measurable ROI.
The magazine highlights key industry movements shaping global biopharma, including AI-driven drug discovery collaborations, strategic M&A activity, advancements in cell and…
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Specialty medication access remains challenged by high costs, fragmented workflows, complex prior authorization requirements, and limited transparency, leading to delays, prescription drop-offs, and suboptimal patient outcomes.
DrFirst is addressing these gaps through AI-powered, workflow-integrated solutions that enable real-time benefits verification, targeted prior authorization automation, and smarter pharmacy routing, shifting care from reactive problem-solving to proactive, frictionless prescribing.
PharmaShots welcomes…
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DeepCyte, a techbio startup focused on advancing AI-powered toxicology for drug development, has officially launched with $1.5 million in seed funding, introducing two solutions to help biopharma teams detect, predict, and understand drug toxicity in human cells at single-cell resolution
DeepCyte's MetaCore, a high-throughput single-cell metabolomics platform, leverages laser-based sampling and mass spectrometry to…
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The US FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to eyonis Lung Cancer Screening (LCS), an AI/ML-powered CADe/CADx software, to detect & diagnose lung cancer
eyonis LCS analyzes LDCT imaging to help radiologists detect & characterize pulmonary nodules, enabling earlier diagnosis; in testing it showed 93.3% sensitivity, 92.4% specificity & 99.9% NPV, minimizing false positives &…
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Adaptive has entered into 2 non-exclusive agreements with Pfizer, combining its T-cell receptor (TCR) discovery & immune receptor antigen-mapping platform to support Pfizer’s research across autoimmune & other disease areas
As per the target discovery deal, Adaptive will identify disease-specific TCR targets in rheumatoid arthritis from Pfizer clinical samples, while Pfizer will lead development…
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Harnessing in-depth research and data-driven insights, PharmaShots unveils its definitive report on the Top 20 Countries in Healthcare Innovation 2025, a comprehensive guide to the nations setting global benchmarks in healthcare advancement
Through a meticulous blend of quantitative and qualitative analysis, PharmaShots delved into the multifaceted dimensions of healthcare innovation, spotlighting emerging trends such…
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insitro & BMS have extended their 5yr. collaboration (2020) to discover novel small molecule therapies for ALS using insitro’s AI-enabled ChemML platform
The 1yr. extension will focus on developing therapies for a novel ALS target identified preclinically, with insitro receiving ~$20M in new funding & remaining eligible for discovery, development, regulatory, & commercial milestones…
Day 1 Breakdown
The #PCG2025 Symposium commenced on an inspiring note, setting the stage for two days of insightful discussions, collaborations, and knowledge exchange.
Opening Session
Dr. Ratnesh Jain, Founder & Director, Mumbai Cluster, delivered the inaugural address, sharing his vision of bringing together pharma professionals, R&D experts, CXOs, and academicians to accelerate advancements in…
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Variational AI has entered into a collaboration with Merck to design and optimize novel small molecule candidates against two undisclosed targets using Variational AI’s Enki platform
As per the deal, Variational AI will leverage its fine-tuned Enki platform trained on Merck’s proprietary data to generate & optimize small-molecule candidates for Merck’s targets, with Merck…

